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authorBarry Warsaw <barry@python.org>2002-12-30 19:13:00 (GMT)
committerBarry Warsaw <barry@python.org>2002-12-30 19:13:00 (GMT)
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Header.__init__(), .append(): Add an optional argument `errors' which
is passed straight through to the unicode() and ustr.encode() calls. I think it's the best we can do to address the UnicodeErrors in badly encoded headers such as is described in SF bug #648119.
Diffstat (limited to 'Lib/email')
-rw-r--r--Lib/email/Header.py17
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/email/Header.py b/Lib/email/Header.py
index 0ceacc7..83c5843 100644
--- a/Lib/email/Header.py
+++ b/Lib/email/Header.py
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ def make_header(decoded_seq, maxlinelen=None, header_name=None,
class Header:
def __init__(self, s=None, charset=None, maxlinelen=None, header_name=None,
- continuation_ws=' '):
+ continuation_ws=' ', errors='strict'):
"""Create a MIME-compliant header that can contain many character sets.
Optional s is the initial header value. If None, the initial header
@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ class Header:
continuation_ws must be RFC 2822 compliant folding whitespace (usually
either a space or a hard tab) which will be prepended to continuation
lines.
+
+ errors is passed through to the .append() call.
"""
if charset is None:
charset = USASCII
@@ -161,7 +163,7 @@ class Header:
# BAW: I believe `chunks' and `maxlinelen' should be non-public.
self._chunks = []
if s is not None:
- self.append(s, charset)
+ self.append(s, charset, errors)
if maxlinelen is None:
maxlinelen = MAXLINELEN
if header_name is None:
@@ -196,7 +198,7 @@ class Header:
def __ne__(self, other):
return not self == other
- def append(self, s, charset=None):
+ def append(self, s, charset=None, errors='strict'):
"""Append a string to the MIME header.
Optional charset, if given, should be a Charset instance or the name
@@ -213,6 +215,9 @@ class Header:
using RFC 2047 rules, the Unicode string will be encoded using the
following charsets in order: us-ascii, the charset hint, utf-8. The
first character set not to provoke a UnicodeError is used.
+
+ Optional `errors' is passed as the third argument to any unicode() or
+ ustr.encode() call.
"""
if charset is None:
charset = self._charset
@@ -227,12 +232,12 @@ class Header:
# Possibly raise UnicodeError if the byte string can't be
# converted to a unicode with the input codec of the charset.
incodec = charset.input_codec or 'us-ascii'
- ustr = unicode(s, incodec)
+ ustr = unicode(s, incodec, errors)
# Now make sure that the unicode could be converted back to a
# byte string with the output codec, which may be different
# than the iput coded. Still, use the original byte string.
outcodec = charset.output_codec or 'us-ascii'
- ustr.encode(outcodec)
+ ustr.encode(outcodec, errors)
elif isinstance(s, UnicodeType):
# Now we have to be sure the unicode string can be converted
# to a byte string with a reasonable output codec. We want to
@@ -240,7 +245,7 @@ class Header:
for charset in USASCII, charset, UTF8:
try:
outcodec = charset.output_codec or 'us-ascii'
- s = s.encode(outcodec)
+ s = s.encode(outcodec, errors)
break
except UnicodeError:
pass